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About

A small firm in Vienna. With a wide reach.

Founded in Vienna in 2026. We are entrepreneurs, not consultants: we run businesses ourselves, have executed transformations ourselves, and know the difference between a good presentation and a working week.

Ambition

The most trusted ownership platform for exceptional entrepreneurs in the German-speaking region.

That is a large goal for a firm this size. We state it anyway, because it sets the direction and because it is possible to fall short of it.

Our ambition is to develop exceptional companies over the long term, to earn sustainable returns for our capital partners and, as economic success grows, to reinvest a share of our profit permanently into educational, entrepreneurial and mission projects. Building lasting value, for a strong and faith-based future and for generations to come.

Our Christian-Catholic formation is therefore not an add-on to our business model. It is part of how we understand the way we want to deal with companies, capital and the people behind them.

That includes impact investing: we deliberately open our network to participations whose effect goes beyond the return, economically sound and socially effective.

First the business has to carry itself. Then it carries more than itself.

Principles

We see ourselves as stewards of capital and partners to entrepreneurs.

  1. 01

    Long-term thinking

    We think in generations, not in quarters.

  2. 02

    Responsible ownership

    Ownership is responsibility held in trust, not just capital allocation.

  3. 03

    Partnership as equals

    Trust is our most important capital, carried by openness, reliability and shared objectives.

  4. 04

    Sustainable value creation

    Returns come from better companies, not from short-term optimisation.

  5. 05

    Clear limits

    Integrity is not negotiable. We do not invest in business models whose success rests materially on deception, exploitation or irresponsible conduct.

What we have delivered

Six engagements, anonymised and released with the owners' agreement.

01

Stabilisation after a leadership change

Industrial goods · DACH · 5 months

CEO departure without an orderly succession; delivery capability and liquidity planning under pressure. Temporary takeover of operational leadership, weekly steering rhythm.

On-time delivery above 98%, cash forecast accuracy above 95%, clean handover after five months.

02

Integration of two acquisitions

Services · family office · 6 months

Governance, reporting and core processes running in three parallel variants. Harmonisation, integration plan with day-one readiness, disciplined tracking of synergy levers.

More than 90% of planned synergies in six months, one reporting standard across all units.

03

Performance programme in the portfolio

Mid-market manufacturing · 9 months

Persistent deviation from plan with no transparency on the effective levers. Focused programme across procurement, production, sales, working capital; every action tied to a target metric.

EBITDA improved by 4.5 percentage points in nine months.

04

Scaling preparation

Retail / e-commerce · «add duration»

Strong growth on a grown structure, monthly close too slow to steer by. Building scalable steering and organisational structures.

Revenue growth 30% at a stable cost ratio, monthly close under five working days.

05

Escalation management in a portfolio

«add sector» · family office · 2 quarters

Significant underperformance in a core asset, investment team tied up operationally. Short-term intervention, clear accountability, focus on the three most effective actions.

Return to the business plan in two quarters, with no permanent overhead.

06

Near-turnaround stabilisation

Services · 4 months

An accumulation of open escalations, margin under pressure, leadership in permanent reactive mode. Takeover of critical work packages, resolution by effect rather than by volume of noise.

Open escalations reduced by more than 70%, margin stabilised, handover after four months.

All figures come from completed engagements and are anonymised. They are not an assurance of comparable results — every starting position differs. On request we will name referees in person, where the owners have agreed.

Vienna

Vienna is the right place for this business: close enough to Southern Germany and Switzerland to be present across DACH, and close enough to Northern Italy, South Tyrol and Central Europe to see situations that are invisible from Frankfurt or Zurich. Our engagements happen on site, not over video. The site is currently operated by Praetur e.U.; a dedicated company is in preparation.

Registered name
Praetur e.U. — Shift & Sustain Capital Partners is a brand of Praetur e.U.
Legal form
Registered sole proprietor (e.U.)
Company register number
FN 685719 k
Register court
Commercial Court Vienna
VAT ID
ATU79082957
Address
Maxingstraße 38/9 · 1130 Vienna, Austria

Next step

Let us get to know each other.

A first conversation takes thirty minutes and commits you to nothing. You will learn where you stand with us, and for everything after that we take the time it needs.